Alice in Wonderland (first paragraph)
Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: … once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was …
Reading texts
Public-domain texts translated into Senatola sentence by sentence: fairy tales, fables, Bible passages, poems and nursery rhymes, most of them from German, some from English. For texts from German, the German original stands above the English translation. Each sentence comes with a literal translation and notes on how it is built. Hover over a word (on a phone: tap it) to see its meaning. In practice mode you first read only the Senatola.
Peter Rabbit (beginning)
Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were— Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter. They lived with their Mother in a sand-bank, underneath the …
Rain and My Shadow
The rain is raining all around, it falls on field and tree, it rains on the umbrellas here, and on the ships at sea. I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, …
The Star (Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star)
Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky. When the blazing sun is gone, when he nothing shines …
Human Rights, Article 1
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience … … and should act towards one another in a spirit of …
Four Fables after Aesop
A famished Fox saw some clusters of ripe black grapes hanging from a trellised vine. She resorted to all her tricks to get at them, but wearied herself in vain, for she …
Do You Know How Many Stars
Do you know how many stars there are in the blue tent of heaven? Do you know how many clouds travel far and wide over all the world? God the Lord has counted them, so …
Wanderer's Night Song
Over all the hilltops is rest, in all the treetops you feel hardly a breath; The little birds are silent in the wood. Just wait, soon you too will rest.
Kannitverstan
A person has every day the chance, in Emmendingen and Gundelfingen as well as in Amsterdam, to reflect on the impermanence of all earthly things, if he wants to, and to …
Psalm 23
A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he …
The Creation
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved …
The Sheep and the Horses
[A] sheep, [on] which wool was not (a shorn sheep), saw horses, the one pulling [a] heavy wagon, the one [a] big load, the one carrying [a] man quickly. [The] sheep said …
The Raven and the Fox
A raven was carrying off in its claws a piece of poisoned meat that the angry gardener had thrown out for his neighbour's cats. And just as it was about to eat it on an …
The Shepherd Boy
There was once a little shepherd boy who was famous far and wide for the wise answers he gave to every question. The king of the country heard of it too, did not believe …
The Old Man and His Grandson
There was once a very old man whose eyes had grown dim, his ears deaf, and his knees trembled. When he sat at table and could hardly hold the spoon, he spilled soup on …
The North Wind and the Sun
The North Wind and the Sun had a quarrel. Each one said: “I am stronger than you.” A man in a thick, warm coat was walking along the path. The Sun said: “Whoever takes …
The Star Money
There was once a little girl whose father and mother had died, and she was so poor that she no longer had a little room to live in and no little bed to sleep in … … and …
The Sweet Porridge
There was once a poor, pious girl who lived alone with her mother, and they no longer had anything to eat. Then the child went out into the forest, and there an old …
The Lord's Prayer
Our Father which art in heaven! Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us …
The Tower of Babel
And all the world had one tongue and language. As they journeyed toward the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there. And they said to one …